Being happy to be able to do mountain biking again I figured going by car 110km North on Saturday doesn’t stop me from going 110 km South for a solo ride on Sunday. A (too fast) check on Bikemap.net and Google Earth and I had a downloaded GPX-file making it possible to enjoy Rusenski […]
Category: Bulgaria
Sunny Beach at its best – Ortoto, Bulgaria
…is at a distance; 400 meters above sea level in a national park overlooking the party town… Somewhat tired from the mud yesterday I took the car to Irakli beach to make a nice trip in Ortoto National Park, and it was: 44km and 1100 meters of climb with amazing views all the time. […]
Mud, wild boars and misery – Obzor, Bulgaria
If you want to go to the sea from where I live it’s not exactly down the road but for a long weekend it’s worth the hours in the car. This time Obzor in Bulgaria. Classic charter flight set-up Only that it’s easy to bring your bike when you’re in the car After […]
Road trip in Bulgaria and Romania
My friend Micke came over for some biking and we kind of copied Johann Müehlegg’s set-up from Salt Lake City 2002 – well not the steroid part obviously, but: “Open hard and then increase!” We just got back from 6 days of awesome biking in different mountains in Southeast Europe. The temperature in Bucharest […]
Back in Bulgaria – Sofia, Vitosha & Bunovo
Last Spring I explored the biking in Bulgaria over a period of two months. This time I’m back for work and a long weekend. Already Friday afternoon I got the bike assembled and went for a ride in the city. „Went for a ride” became a climb of 1400 meters and as many meters […]
2 months in Bulgaria
As You have already heard about the Bulgarian economy going down I will instead focus on me going down… the hills in Bulgaria. I’ll be working here during Spring and of course brought the bike 🙂 Bulgaria has several mountain ranges and provides fantastic opportunities for mountain biking, skiing, hiking, kayaking or whatever you like. […]